tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post8757221159869705661..comments2016-12-09T08:20:15.112-05:00Comments on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold: A Doll Rarely Played WithTerri Goldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252743227474930359noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post-62584785516338491342009-05-12T12:08:00.000-04:002009-05-12T12:08:00.000-04:00I am with you, because, when I buy a doll, a colle...I am with you, because, when I buy a doll, a collector doll, i expected it has to be flawless... even if i am a deboxer.. I didn´t start my collection, until the big bodies started, and I remember how hard was for me to get the dolls i likes.. I was not able to buy the entire line.. so i had to get, what i can handle at the moment... so when the latest dolls come with issues.. it really started to make me feel a little bad about getting a new doll... but the good thing about it.. is.. now it is not a nightmare to buy whatever doll i really liked..RealGiGiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13468018371196043320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post-12380695688326066132009-05-08T17:16:00.000-04:002009-05-08T17:16:00.000-04:00James: I have to admit that I often hesitate to be...James: I have to admit that I often hesitate to be completely honest because I still have an emotional connection to the FR line. I haven't cut off my desire for more but I haven't pre-ordered the entire line as I would have in the past. Besides the Club doll, the Daria in red and one Poppy doll there was nothing else that moved me. I'm sad about that. I'm sad about the entire thing but when one door closes another opens. I have discovered a new freedom. I know it sounds weird to feel dolly freedom but it's true. I've been able to collect select dolls from companies I've collected previously like Tyler, Tiny Kitty and similar dolls from the Tonner Doll Co. I've allowed Cissy to enter the arena and Cissette. There's even a Ginny Doll in the house! I'm having more fun now that I'm not tied to one line of dolls. I thank Integrity Toys for this. Surely this is not good news for them and I'm still hoping for a few wonderful dolls with Jason's style. <br />I accepted that the twins were stained because they promised replacement bodies. Mattel did it with the Silkstones. But it didn't make the NRFB collectors happy. <br />I don't even know anymore if I should expect perfection although I remember that my first Fashion Royalty doll was perfect and so were the many that followed after her. <br />So my new motto is: Make it and I will decide if I want to buy it. I don't have to have it anymore.Terri Goldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252743227474930359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post-76816104170111451362009-05-08T17:01:00.000-04:002009-05-08T17:01:00.000-04:00Awesome.. and honest. I agree with the thought "ma...Awesome.. and honest. I agree with the thought "make it ..they will buy it.." those days are gone. Thankfully. <br /><br />I was taken so often, that I decided that I was outta there.. and slammed the door on the way out. LOL<br /><br />I started buying dolls that I really loved and trusted them to be in pristine condition. I think what totally killed a lot of my purchses, Terri was the knowledge that some of last years Convention dolls were stained.. and they sold them anyway. With the promise of rplacements.<br />It is sort of like buying a car with broken rims.. onkly to hear "If you buy them as is. we will replace the rims, later"<br />I wouldn't do it.<br />The prices have gone up.. and the quality has slipped.<br />Thanks for the look-see into your honesty and your blog, Terri. It is refreshing.<br />It shows that we aren't all sheep ;)<br />J.Jamesnoreply@blogger.com